Ms Moya Doherty:

I thank the Chairman for such important questions. I shall outline the history behind the licence fee. RTE gets 83% of the current licence fee and the remaining 17% goes to other areas like the Sound and Vision fund and TG4.

I am concerned along with the board, when it is fully joined with RTE, about ensuring RTE has sufficient funding to service its remit. Anything beyond that is something that this committee and the Government must decide.